Impact of ovulation and implantation timing on first-trimester crown-rump length and gestational age

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 630-635

  Mahendru, A A ^a   Daemen, A ^b   Everett, T R ^a   Wilkinson, I B ^c   McEniery, C M ^c   Abdallah, Y ^d   Timmerman, D ^b   Bourne, T ^b,e   Lees, C C ^a,b  

^a Rosie Maternity Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CRL; dating; embryo; fetal growth; implantation; ovulation; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NIDATION; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84870550723     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.12277     Document Type: Article

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